1/ Your budget is not really for a gaming laptop... it is basically an entry-level laptop you are looking for, with that price-range.Originally Posted by zakdoc89
2/ Gaming laptops are not known for their battery life, they suck power, especially the big gaming laptops. In fact there are very few laptops that can actually give you this battery life, other than the Macs and then I believe Dell also released a model and I think there is a Lenovo model too.
3/ WUXGA? 17", 15" or smaller... going to find very few machines that will support all this, in your price range AND be able to do HD and video conversions at a decent enough time and NOT sucking your battery dry.
4/ This is more based on personal choice imo. But ok.
I saw a Netbook / Mini laptop being released that can handle HD and have a long battery-life, but of course the screen is not very big, so won't handle high resolutions.
Ok, saying all this, there are a fair amount of laptops that you can look at since your price-range is in the low to basic price-range for laptops.
My personal favorite is Dell. Then perhaps check some Acer's / IBM's out and then HP's...
Ok, I guess I can mention Sony too, but they are generally expensive, although being loaded with goodies. A Mac will also be out of your price-range.
There is Eurocom too, but they are expensive.
I am not mentioning Alienware, since I don't think your budget will make it very far with them either... well maybe the 11" that they just announced last week. Not sure on the price for these yet.
Anyway, if I have some time today, I will check what I can find on the Dell's for you, but from your list, you should really decide what you want MOST in a laptop - mobility / battery life or performance / features.
